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@the-old-coach & @Skyman911 I do thank you guys for all the wisdom you have shared here in this thread. I don’t need to tell you guys that I’m not advocating you more advanced players (or anybody for that matter) should play less. What I have been saying is there is a lot of research supporting learning sessions should not be longer than about 20 minutes (more or less) and then you should break. It doesn’t even have to be a totally relaxing break, just doing something else for at least a short while. I have found for me I learn best when I keep my sessions at around 15 minutes, but I do catch myself going much longer because I’m having so much fun or just so wrapped up in trying to play a chord sequence without mistakes.
If you aren’t hurting in any way it’s easy to go long, one ought to be mindful that the benefit diminishes at some point without breaks in playing, especially while doing new stuff. I do think that rehearsing well known things is a bit different and somewhat longer sessions may be useful but not too long. Most of the members on TAC are newer and the material will be newer also.